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Chavez Exploration and Colonization Test

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What aspect of New England geography made farming a challenge for the English settlers?
a)
Hot, dry land with very few rivers for irrigation.
b)
Short growing season and cold winters.
c)
The land was too flat to farm.
d)
Numerous large swamps that made farming impossible.
2.
Which one of these crops was NOT a main cash crop in the southern colonies?
a)
Rice
b)
Wheat
c)
Indigo
d)
Tobacco
3.
Which colonial region has plantations?
a)
The New England colonies
b)
The Middle colonies
c)
The Southern colonies
d)
All colonies
4.
Which region did Quakers predominantly live in?
a)
New England Region
b)
Middle Region
c)
Southern region
d)
All regions
5.
How did mercantilist policies create tension between Great Britain and the colonies?
a)
By introducing indentured servitude to the middle colonies
b)
By requiring colonists to enlist in the military
c)
By limiting the amount of farmland each colonist could have
d)
By preventing colonists from trading with most other foreign countries
6.
Mercantilism:
a)
a system of creating and maintaining wealth through carefully controlled trade
b)
a series of laws to support limiting colonial trade
c)
an unofficial policy of ignoring laws
7.
Navigation Acts:
a)
a system of creating and maintaining wealth through carefully controlled trade
b)
a series of laws to support limiting colonial trade
c)
an unofficial policy of ignoring laws
8.
Salutary Neglect:
a)
a system of creating and maintaining wealth through carefully controlled trade
b)
a series of laws to support limiting colonial trade
c)
an unofficial British policy of ignoring and not enforcing laws
9.
What did the climate allow for in the Middle Colonies?
a)
Growing staple crops
b)
Building complex high rise buildings
c)
Fishing and Shipbuilding
d)
A need for indentured servants
10.
The geography of Southern Colonies included:
a)
Harsh Winters, Rocky Soil, Jagged Coast
b)
Lakes and Rivers, Moderate Growing Season and Winters
c)
Fertile Soil, Warm Climate, Long Growing Season
11.
Which statement best describes the use of slavery in the Southern colonies?
a)
The slave population was a large part of the southern population.
b)
Slavery was forbidden in the southern colonies.
c)
Slavery only played a minor role in the south since most people felt slavery went against the Bible.
d)
Slavery was used only in the city of Charles Town because there was no need for slaves on the plantations.
12.
What goods were sent from the Americas to Europe through the Triangle Trade
a)
cotton
b)
guns
c)
textiles
d)
tools
13.
Why were the middle colonies called the "bread basket" colonies?
a)
Because they were in the center of the 13 colonies
b)
Because they grew and exported so much grain
c)
Because they could not grow grain and had to import it
14.
Which of the following was NOT a reason the Spanish explored the New World?
a)
Furs
b)
Money
c)
Glory
d)
Spread Catholicism
15.
Which country's explorers had the best relationship with the indigenous people of the Americas?
a)
Spain
b)
France
c)
England
16.
What was the economy of the New England colonies based on?
a)
Lumber & shipbuilding
b)
Staple Crops
c)
Cash Crops
17.
What was the economy of the Middle colonies based on?
a)
Lumber & shipbuilding
b)
Staple Crops
c)
Cash Crops
18.
What was the economy of the Southern colonies based on?
a)
Lumber & shipbuilding
b)
Staple Crops
c)
Cash Crops
19.
What type of people settled in the Southern Colonies?
a)
Puritans and Pilgrams
b)
Wealthy planters, slaves and criminals
c)
Quakers and Indentured Servants
20.

Analyze the economic relationship between the Thirteen Colonies and Great Britain. What was the primary purpose of the colonies from the British perspective?

a)

To serve as a place for religious freedom

b)

To provide raw materials and markets for British goods

c)

To be a place for British citizens to settle

d)

To develop independent economies

21.

Analyze the economic relationship between the Thirteen Colonies and Great Britain. What was the primary purpose of the colonies from the British perspective?

a)

To serve as a place for religious freedom

b)

To provide raw materials and markets for British goods

c)

To be a place for European citizens to settle

d)

To develop a relationship with the Native American Indians.

22.

Which major economic activity did the numbered colonies have in common?

a)

Building ships

b)

Manufacturing textiles

c)

Growing cash crops

d)

Printing books

23.
Which of the following was NOT a “cash crop” of the Southern Colonies?
a)
Cotton
b)
Lumber
c)
Indigo
d)
Tobacco
24.

What type of colonists bought and sold goods to and with other colonists?

a)

Merchants

b)

Fishermen

c)

Farmers

d)

Large landowners

25.

What colonial region is this?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

d)

Backcountry

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